[Durham INC] Durham Receives "Tree City USA" Award Saturday

[Blalock, Amy]

CITY OF DURHAM

Office of Public Affairs

101 City Hall Plaza

Durham, NC 27701

 

 

News Release

 

For Details, Contact:

Amy Blalock

Sr. Public Affairs Specialist

(919) 560-4123 x 11253

(919) 475-7735 (cell)

Amy.Blalock at durhamnc.gov

 

For Immediate Release:  April 21, 2010

 

 

Durham Receives "Tree City USA" Award at 2010 Arbor Day Ceremony

 

DURHAM, N.C. - On Saturday, April 24, the City of Durham will officially
receive its 27th consecutive "Tree City USA" Award from the National
Arbor Day Foundation (NADF) at the City's 2010 Arbor Day Ceremony.

 

The event, beginning at 10 a.m. in Northgate Park, which located at 300
W. Club Boulevard, Durham, is being hosted by the City's Urban Forestry
Division in the Department of General Services and the Northgate Park
Neighborhood Association (NPNA).

 

The ceremony will begin with short violin performances by Suzuki Talent
Education at Durham (STEAD) and Morehead Montessori Suzuki Violins. The
award will then be presented to the City by Durham County Ranger Wayne
Williams, and received by City Councilwoman Diane Catotti along with
NPNA Representative Cheryl Shiflett.  

 

After the award ceremony, the City and NPNA will hold tree-related
demonstrations and activities as well as information-sharing with
International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Certified Arborists from
Davey Tree Service, Bartlett Tree Experts, and Aerial Innovations.  In
addition, a limited number of tree seedlings will be given away by
Durham's Tahkai Project.

 

In order to receive the "Tree City USA" recognition, the City met four
standards, including a tree board or department, a tree care ordinance,
a comprehensive community forestry program and an Arbor Day observance.
Durham is one of only 71 "Tree Cities" in North Carolina.  The Tree City
USA program is sponsored by NADF in cooperation with the National
Association of State Foresters and the USDA Forest Service.  

 

To learn more about the Tree City USA program, visit 
www.arborday.org/programs/treeCityUSA.cfm.   To learn more about NPNA,
visit www.ngpark.org.  To learn more about the ISA, visit 
www.isa-arbor.com and to learn more about the Tahkai Project, visit 
www.tahkaiproject.org 

 

About the City's Department of General Services

The City of Durham's Department of General Services provides timely,
cost-effective and high quality services in eight core business
functions: Administration, Cemeteries, Facilities Operations, Landscape
Services, Parking Contract Administration, Project Management, Real
Estate, and Urban Forestry.  For more information, visit 
www.durhamnc.gov/departments/general. 

 

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